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3 Jersey City brothers charged in Christmas Day homicide to appear in court

3 brothers-in-law charged with murder

From left to right, Elieser Paet, Francis Paet and Wilfred Paet, appear on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011, at Central Judicial Processing Court in Jersey City via video link from Hudson County Jail in Kearny, charged with beating their brother-in-law, Jeorge Alzendia, 44, to death with a shovel on Christmas Day in 2011.
(Jersey Journal file photo)

Elieser, Wilfred and Francis Paet are charged in the bludgeoning death of Jeorge Alvendia, 44, in the garage of the victim’s Roosevelt Avenue home. They will appear in Hudson County Superior Court Judge Joseph Isabella’s courtroom today for a status hearing.

According to the original criminal complaints, Elieser Paet beat Alvendia with a shovel while Paet's brothers, Wilfred and Frances, kicked and stomped him. The brothers claim their actions were in self-defense.

Alvendia's wife, Noemy, was not at the Roosevelt Avenue residence when the incident took place, former Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said in 2011.

“I hope the truth will come out,” she told The Jersey Journal then. “The truth will come out and that’s all I am concerned about.”